Licensed Professional Geologist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14931
- Class code
- 14931
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Licensed Professional Geologist is $70,592 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14931.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/15/2000.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional work in the field of geology requiring independent legal and professional responsibility for work products. An employee is this job independently selects appropriate approaches and methodologies within program guidelines and professional standards and takes professional and legal responsibility for work products. Work involves performing geologic analyses, conducting evaluations, and drawing conclusions that are used to make sound and defensible regulatory, environmental, or management decisions. Work also involves conducting geologic studies and investigations, evaluating permit applications, and developing policies, procedures, technical guidance documents, and reports regarding the geologic aspects of public health, public safety, or environmental regulatory programs. Work may include functioning as a lead worker over lower level geoscience staff.
Examples of the work
• Assumes professional responsibility for work products, such as interpretations, chain-of-custody records, manifests, permits, affidavits, maps, plans, logs, cross sections, or other records. • Gathers, evaluates, and interprets geologic data for the purpose of understanding the geology and geologic resources of Pennsylvania. • Reviews geologic reports prepared by lower level geologic staff and contractors to determine the adequacy of the scope and methods of investigation, and the soundness of conclusions.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active license as a professional geologist issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.